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Spectrum Originals will launch Josh Hartnett-fronted Southern gothic mystery drama Paradise Lost on April 13.

Charter Communications’ original content division will launch the ten-part drama ad-free on its on-demand service. The show, which comes from Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content, launches first on Spectrum, before running on the Paramount Network later this year as part of a deal between Viacom and Charter.

Paradise Lost sees Hartnett plays a man who moves back to Mississippi with his Palo Alto psychiatrist partner, played by Jane The Virgin’s Bridget Regan. The show, which was formerly known as Heaven of Hell, is a mystery drama set in the south that follows Hartnett and Regan’s characters as they move from California to a small town in Mississippi where they uncover a mystery that needs solving, in a slightly unusual fashion.

The series was created by Going To See The Elephant author Rodes Fishburne,...

Spectrum Originals is making its first tentative move into docuseries ahead of the launch of Manhunt: Deadly Games and is eyeing its first Asian-American series.

Charter Communications’ original content division is prepping the launch of the Lionsgate-produced drama, which tells the story of the wrongly-accused Richard Jewell in this chronicle of the search for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Bomber, on February 3.

To coincide with this, the broadcaster is set to launch a short-form documentary series, Hunted, to coincide with the drama, which stars Jack Huston, Judith Light, Gethin Anthony, Kelly Jenrette and Cameron Britton.

Katherine Pope, who oversees the content division, told Deadline that it is set to air a six-part, short-form docuseries, produced by digital news brand Attn, consisting of episodes of six minutes to tell the “real story of the Atlanta bombing”. “That’s us dipping on our toes in [to docuseries] and we’d like to do more,” he said.

Adriana Paz (The Empty Hours), Kristyan Ferrer, Octavio Pisano, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Julio Cedillo are set as series regulars opposite Michael Chiklis and Juan Pablo Raba in Coyote, Paramount Network’s one-hour scripted drama series from Emmy-winning executive producer and director Michelle MacLaren, Dark Horse Entertainment and Sony Pictures TV. It’s slated to premiere in 2020.

Written by David Graziano (American Gods), Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert (Mr. Woodcock), Coyote is the story of Ben Clemens (Chiklis), who, after 32 years as a border patrol agent, is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of America. Now exposed to life on the other side of the wall, Ben will start to question his black-and-white views of the world, challenging his ideology and his loyalties.

Josh Hartnett, best known for roles in films such as The Faculty and 30 Days of Night, has fully bought in to the golden age of television in his latest role – Southern gothic drama Paradise Lost.

The actor, who also starred in Showtime’s Penny Dreadful, told Deadline that he was late to the small-screen game but is now a full convert to a world that allows for complex characters.

Hartnett plays a man who moves back to Mississippi with his Palo Alto psychiatrist partner, played by Jane The Virgin’s Bridget Regan in the ten-part drama for Spectrum Originals and Paramount Network.

“I came a bit late to the game in television. The golden age of television had started a while ago and I was reluctant because I didn’t understand the virtue of an open ended story in the way that I do now. It’s a very organic experience,...

Exclusive: French actors Philippine Leroy Beaulieu (Call My Agent!), Lucas Bravo (Smart Ass), Samuel Arnold (Antony & Cleopatra), Camille Razat (The 15:17 to Paris) and Bruno Gouery (Doc Martin) are set as series regulars opposite Lily Collins in Emily in Paris, Paramount Network’s half-hour dramedy from Younger and Sex and the City creator Darren Star.

Kate Walsh (The Umbrella Academy), William Abadie (Resident Evil: Extinction) and Arnaud Viard (Clara et Moi) also join the cast in recurring roles. Previously announced Ashley Park rounds out the list of series regulars in the 10-episode series, which is in production in Paris. You can see some cast photos above and below.

Additionally, Star reunites with iconic costume designer Patricia Field and also has brought on Marylin Fitoussi for costume design. Andrew Fleming, Zoe Cassavetes and Peter Lauer are set to direct.

Created, written and executive produced by Star,...

Veteran scripted executive Lauren Ruggiero is expanding her role at Paramount Network with a promotion to Svp Scripted Original Series. Ruggiero will continue to report to Keith Cox, President, Development and Production, Paramount Network and TV Land, and be based in Viacom’s Hollywood offices.

In her elevated position, Ruggiero will lead the scripted development team and will oversee all scripted programming for Paramount Network, from development through production.

I hear there was a greater need for someone to take on more of an overseeer role at the network with all the current and upcoming scripted series at the network. In addition, to its top scripted drama series Yellowstone, upcoming projects include Coyote, from Michelle MacLaren and starring Michael Chiklis; Paradise Lost (working title), from Rodes Fishburne, Arika Lisanne Mittman and John Lee Hancock; 68 Whiskey, from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment; Sexy Beast, a series adaptation of...

Paramount Network’s ratings record-breaking drama series Yellowstone ended its second season in style, with its finale setting several new series highs in several categories, including total viewers, averaging 5.7 million viewers in Live+3, P18-34 (1.37 rating) and W18-49 (2.26).

The Kevin Costner-starring Yellowstone, from co-creator/executive producer Taylor Sheridan, ranks as the top cable series this summer in total viewers (5.1 million average); as well as the #1 scripted series in P18-49 (1.93 rating) and P25-54 (2.71 rating) in cable and broadcast. In Season 2, Yellowstone was up double digits from its highly rated first season. In addition to the record-breaking linear performance, Yellowstone also set a new series benchmark on digital with over 66 million views across platforms, up +145% vs. season one. (You can find detailed Season 2 ratings stats at the bottom of the story.)

Paramount Network and TV Land President of Development and Production Keith Cox admits he was “pleasantly shocked...

Paramount Network has ordered a 10-episode first season of Sexy Beast, a series adaptation from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content based on the cult British gangster movie. Michael Caleo (The Sopranos) will write the series and executive produce.

Sexy Beast, the series, tells the origin story of the Gal Dove, Don Logan and Teddy Bass characters, played in the 2000 movie by Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane, respectively. Gal Dove is a brilliant thief who finds himself descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s. The series will explore the early days of Gal’s complicated relationship with Logan, a vicious gangster with whom Gal forms a partnership, the beginnings of his association with criminal mastermind Bass, and how Gal met and fell in love with DeeDee, an adult film star who would become his wife.

Karyn Kusama (Destroyer) is directing...

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll alum Elaine Hendrix, Brett Rice (Sully), Silas Weir Mitchell (Grimm) Autry Haydon-Wilson (Interrogation) and John Marshall Jones (Bosch) have been cast in recurring roles opposite Josh Hartnett and Bridget Regan in Spectrum Originals and Paramount Network’s Paradise Lost, a Southern Gothic mystery series from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.

Created and written by Rodes Fishburne (Blood & Oil), Paradise Lost is about a psychiatrist (Regan) who moves with her family from California to her husband’s (Hartnett) hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.

Hendrix will play Devoe Shifflet. Rice is Uncle Bb. Mitchell portrays Boyd. Hardon-Wilson will play Janus and Jones is Uncle Ronny.

Fishburne will executive produce and co-showrun. Arika Lisanne Mittman (Dexter) also serves as writer and executive producer/co-showrunner, The pilot episode will be directed by...

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Josh Hartnett and Bridget Regan will star in the Paramount Network and Spectrum series.

Paramount Network and Spectrum Originals have put together a cast for Paradise Lost (formerly known as Heaven of Hell), an upcoming drama set to "air" on the Charter Communications cable platform before hitting the Paramount Network.

According to Deadline, the 10-episode drama will star Bridget Regan and Josh Hartnett in the Southern Gothic drama that follows a psychiatrist (Regan) who moves with her family from California to the small Mississippi town her husband (Hartnett) is from. Hartnett recently starred in Penny Dreadful, while Regan is known for her work on Jane the Virgin, Agent Carter, and (#neverforget) Legend of the Seeker.

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In the latest news, the Paradise Lost TV series has added a quintet of recurring cast members, reports Deadline.

Elaine Hendrix – pictured immediately above – will play Devoe Shifflet.

Josh Hartnett is returning to the small screen. 

The Penny Dreadful alum has landed a lead role on Spectrum/Paramount Network's Paradise Lost. 

The new series will air on Spectrum before getting a linear run on Paramount Network.

Hartnett is attached as the male lead, with Bridget Regan (Jane the Virgin) cast as Frances, the female lead.

Barbara Hershey (Once Upon a Time), Nick Nolte, Gail Bean (Snowfall), Danielle Deadwyler (Gifted) and Shane McRae (Sneaky Pete) also join the cast of the 10-episode series. 

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The series is about a psychiatrist who moves with her family from California to her husband's hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved. 

The story was created and written by Rodes Fishburne (Blood & Oil) who will co-showrun and Executive Produce.

Arika Lisanne Mittman (Dexter) also serves as writer and co-showrunner, and...

Bridget Regan (Jane the Virgin) and Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful) have been cast as the leads in a Southern Gothic mystery series that will air on Spectrum before getting a linear run on Paramount Network.

Penned by Rodes Fishburne (Blood & Oil) and tentatively titled Paradise Lost, the series follows Frances, a psychiatrist (Regan) who moves with her family from California to her husband’s (Hartnett) hometown in Mississippi, only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.

Additional casting for the 10-episode series includes Barbara Hershey (Once Upon a Time), Nick Nolte (Graves), Gail Bean...

Spectrum Originals and Paramount Network have placed a series order for a Southern Gothic mystery series starring Josh Hartnett and Bridget Regan.

Per its official description, the 10-episode show, tentatively titled “Paradise Lost,” is about a psychiatrist (Regan) who moves with her family from California to her husband’s (Hartnett) hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.

Hartnett and Regan (“Jane the Virgin”) lead a cast that also includes Barbara Hershey (“Once Upon a Time”), Nick Nolte, Gail Bean (“Snowfall”), Danielle Deadwyler (“Gifted”) and Shane McRae (Sneaky Pete).

“Paradise Lost” is created and written by Rodes Fishburne (“Blood & Oil”) who will act as co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Arika Lisanne Mittman (“Dexter”). The pilot is directed by John Lee Hancock (“The Blind Side”). Hancock, David Kanter, Jeff Okin, and Romeo Tirone also executive produce.

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Josh Hartnett has been cast as the lead in an upcoming series titled “Paradise Lost” from Spectrum Originals and Paramount Network.

The series, which hails from Paramount TV and Anonymous Content, is described as a Southern Gothic mystery about a psychiatrist who moves with her family from California to her husband’s hometown in Mississippi, only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.

Hartnett will play the male lead alongside “Jane the Virgin” star Bridget Regan who will play Frances, the female lead.

Also joining the cast of the 10-episodes series are Barbara Hershey, Nick Nolte, Gail Bean, Danielle Deadwyler and Shane McRae. The original story is created and written by “Blood & Oil” co-creator Rodes Fishburne, who will serve as co-showrunner and executive producer. Arika Lisanne Mittman, formerly of “Dexter,” will write and showrun alongside him. The pilot was helmed by “Blind Side” director John Lee Hancock.

Spectrum Originals and Paramount Network have finalized a 10-episode series order and set the lead cast for Paradise Lost, a Southern Gothic mystery series from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.

Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful) will play the male lead and Bridget Regan is set the female lead in the series, which will co-star Barbara Hershey (Once Upon a Time), Nick Nolte, Gail Bean (Snowfall), Danielle Deadwyler (Gifted) and Shane McRae (Sneaky Pete).

Created and written by Rodes Fishburne (Blood & Oil), Paradise Lost is about a psychiatrist (Regan) who moves with her family from California to her husband’s (Hartnett) hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.

Fishburne will executive produce and co-showrun. Arika Lisanne Mittman (Dexter) also serves as writer and executive producer/co-showrunner, The pilot...

TV’s erstwhile Vic Mackey may soon be policing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Shield vet Michael Chiklis is set to executive-produce and star in Coyote, a crime drama in development at Paramount Network, Deadline reports.

The potential series — which hails from Breaking Bad vet Michelle MacLaren — centers on Ben Clemens (Chiklis), a soon-to-be-retired border patrol agent who discovers an underground tunnel used to smuggle black market goods in from Mexico. Before long, he finds himself in the crosshairs of the criminal mastermind that he has spent the better part of his career attempting to destroy.

In addition to Coyote,...

As the United States’ southern border continues to be the focal point of much political debate centered around immigration, Paramount Network has put in development Coyote, a scripted drama series starring and executive produced by Emmy-winner Michael Chiklis (The Shield). Additionally, Paramount Network has in the works Southern drama Heaven of Hell, a collaboration with Charter and its Spectrum Originals unit. Kent Alterman, President of Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Land talked about both projects in an interview with Deadline about his plans for the Paramount Network.

Coyote, from Emmy-winning director/executive producer Michelle MacLaren and Sony Pictures Television, follows Agent Ben Clemens (Chiklis) who, on the day of his mandatory retirement from the United States Border Patrol, discovers an illicit tunnel used to mainline black market goods into the United States from Mexico. This soon puts Clemens in the crosshairs of the criminal...

Paramount Network is upping its scripted roster.

The Viacom-owned cable network — now under the oversight of Comedy Central president Kent Alterman — has gone straight to series on a drama called Heaven of Hell from writer Rodes Fishburne (Blood & Oil) and is teaming with The Shield star Michael Chiklis and Breaking Bad favorite Michelle MacLaren for Dark Horse hourlong Coyote, which is in development.

Heaven of Hell is a drama about nontraditional detectives. Fishburne will pen the script for the straight-to-series order and exec produce alongside Anonymous Content and Paramount Television. In a deal that echoes Friday Night ...

There’s a half-season’s worth of incident in the pilot episode (the only installment made available for review) of ABC’s Blood & Oil, which plays like the illegitimate offspring of Dallas and Deadwood — a modern Wild West story melded inelegantly with a trashy nighttime soap. Before the opening titles on the Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne-created series have even appeared, eager young married couple Billy and Cody LeFever (Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford and Red Band Society’s Rebecca Rittenhouse) have lost it all, their hopes of starting a coin-operated laundromat in the boomtown of Rock Springs, North Dakota, dashed

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With numerous fall shows making their premiere over the next few weeks, it can be difficult to decide what to watch and what to skip. However, Popoptiq has provided a handy guide for viewers, with my look at the Monday lineup here, and TV editor Kate Kulzick’s look at the Tuesday lineup here, as well as the Wednesday and Thursday lineup here. With only a few shows premiering on the last day of the week and the weekend, the ones that shall be doing so are listed below, with their potential strengths and drawbacks.

Blood & Oil

Created by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne

Premieres Sunday, Sept 27th at 9 pm Et on ABC

Oil rigs and the land they’re on is the focus of Blood & Oil, one of ABC’s new fall series. Don Johnson returns to tv as the head of the Briggs company, a man who has...

Rebecca Rittenhouse said the original title of her ABC series “Blood & Oil” was “Boom,” and that would have been an apt title for ABC’s new socially-conscious soap opera created by Rodes Fishburne and Josh Pate and directed by Jonas Pate. Forget the 1849 San Francisco Gold Rush–the real money was made in North Dakota’s 2006 oil boom, the biggest in U.S. history. They say it minted two new millionaires every day, though money failed to make people nicer. Despite the boomtown greed of Rittenhouse’s character Cody LeFever and her TV squeeze Billy LeFever (Chace Crawford of “Gossip Girl...

Wilson Bethel (The Astronaut Wives Club) has joined ABC’s new fall drama series Blood & Oil in a recurring role. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and executive produced by Tony Krantz, Blood & Oil centers on a young working-class couple (Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse) who move to "The Bakken" in North Dakota, booming after the biggest oil discovery in American history. They’re pitted against a ruthless tycoon (Don Johnson) who forces them to bet big and put…...

Blood & Oil co-creator/exec producer Rodes Fishburne is a novelist. Reporters Who Cover Television were fascinated by his transition to television, as if they’d seen a hot-house flower suddenly turn into a dandelion. “This is the golden age of television,” Fisuburne responded firmly. “This is not the golden age of novels right now.” “This is a great story and, for me, that’s what I’m interested in and drawn to: telling great stories with great characters and we have a…...

Miranda Mayo (Pretty Little Liars, The Game) has joined ABC’s new fall drama Blood And Oil as a series regular in a recasting. She’ll take over the role of Lacey Briggs, the younger daughter of Hap, played by Caitlin Carver in the pilot. The recasting of the role was due to the character being reconceived to be a bit older, according to ABC. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and executive produced by Tony Krantz, Blood And Oil, centers on a young working-class…...

When it comes to a big sprawling drama about oil, Dallas remains the gold standard. So it is fitting that Cynthia Cidre, co-creator executive producer of the well-received recent Dallas sequel series, has joined the latest entry in the field, ABC’s newly retitled fall drama series Blood & Oil (formerly Oil) as executive producer and co-showrunner. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and executive produced by Tony Krantz, Blood & Oil, centers on a young working-class…...

And finally ABC is in the game!  The only network not to pick up a new series (and still the only network not to formally renew a single old series) jumped into the pre-upfronts excitement in a major way on Thursday afternoon, picking up six new dramas, several of which sound rather ambitious. Before going into depth, the basics: On Thursday (May 7) afternoon, ABC ordered the Biblical epic "Of Kings and Prophets" and the Shonda Rhimes-produced "The Catch," as well as "Wicked City" (formerly "L.A. Crime"), "The Family" (formerly Untitled Jenna Bans), "Quantico" and the Untitled Pate & Fishburne Project (formerly "Boom"). ABC no doubt has plenty more new series pickups to do ahead of the network's Tuesday, May 12 upfront presentation. Let's get to the details, because some of these new shows sound pretty interesting actually... *** "Of Kings and Prophets" comes from creators Adam Cooper & Bill Collage and it is...

The Shonda Rhimes Era at ABC continues.

The network on Thursday ordered to series the thriller The Catch, from the prolific producer and Betsy Beers and starring Mireille Enos (The Killing).

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Additionally, ABC picked up The Family, which hails from Scandal/Grey’s Anatomy/Off the Map Ep Jenna Bans, the biblical saga Of Kings and Prophets, Gossip Girl Ep Josh Safran’s Quantico and the ’80s-set crime drama Wicked City (Fka L.A. Crime).

The Untitled Pate & Fishburne Project (Fka Boom), centered around the oil industry in North Dakota,...

As its May 12 upfront presentation nears, ABC has begun doling out series commitments.    Of its nearly 25 pilots, the network is moving forward with six dramas: Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers' The Catch, Jenna Bans' The Family, Biblical saga Of Kings and Prophets, Josh Safran's Quantico, crime anthology Wicked City and an untitled hour-long from Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne (previously titled Boom). The network has also handed out series orders to three comedies: Ken Jeong vehicle Dr. Ken, fellow family sitcom The Real O'Neals and the Bill Prady-produced revival of The Muppets. The network is said

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Revenge and Legends alumna Amber Valletta is set to co-star opposite Chace Crawford and Don Johnson in ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz and ABC Signature. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history which has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the 1849 California Gold Rush. The show tracks the epic pilgrimage of a…...

Caitlin Carver (The Fosters) and Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars) have booked series regular roles opposite Chace Crawford, Don Johnson and Delroy Lindo in the ABC drama pilot Boom. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history which has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the 1849 California Gold Rush. Carver will play Lacey…...

“Gossip Girl’s” Chace Crawford is primed to make his TV comeback. The actor has been cast as a lead on “Boom,” ABC’s upcoming drama pilot about the recent oil boom in North Dakota. He will star alongside Don Johnson (“Miami Vice”) and Delroy Lindo (“The Cider House Rules”) on the project, produced by Tony Krantz and ABC Signature. See Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2015 Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne wrote the pilot, which takes a microscope to the biggest oil discovery in American history. Jonas Pate directed. Crawford will play Billy, a quick-witted and ambitious hustler who...

Exclusive: Gossip Girl heartthrob Chace Crawford is returning to television as the lead in ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz and ABC Signature. He joins previously cast Don Johnson and Delroy Lindo for what is shaping up to be a cast of boldface names. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history which has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on…...

Exclusive: Delroy Lindo (Believe) is set to co-star opposite Don Johnson in the ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz and ABC Studios. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history — bigger than Texas and as big as Saudi Arabia — which has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the 1849 California Gold Rush. Lindo will…...

Don Johnson just struck gold — black gold, to be specific.

The Miami Vice and Nash Bridges vet has landed a lead role in ABC’s Boom, a drama pilot exploring “the biggest oil discovery in American history,” according to Deadline.

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The series will explore the economic explosion caused by the discovery of gas reserves in North Dakota within the last decade, with Johnson set to play “mega alpha male oil tycoon” Hap Boyd.

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Don Johnson is set for a lead role in the ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz and ABC Studios. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and directed by Jonas Pate, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history — bigger than Texas and as big as Saudi Arabia — which has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the 1849 California Gold Rush. Nash Bridges and Miami Vice alum Johnson will play Hap…...

Rebecca Rittenhouse (Red Band Society) and India de Beaufort (Jane By Design) have booked series regular roles on ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and produced by ABC Studios, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history — bigger than Texas and as big as Saudi Arabia — which has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the 1849 California Gold Rush…...